Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Fan of The Who's Tommy? New concert at Ovation with local rockers!

The Who's TOMMY in Concert atOvation inside GreenValley Ranch

Today at 8:00pm - August 30 at 10:00pm

When British rockers The Whoreleased their double-LP Tommy in 1969, rock and roll was changed forever. PeteTownshend’s scorching rock opera told the loose story of a “deaf, dumb andblind boy” who unwittingly becomes leader of a messianic movement.

The album’s releaseintroduced the now-classic songs Pinball Wizard and Acid Queen, among severalothers. It was subsequently adapted as a star-studded film in 1975 and as aBroadway production in 1993.

“This is the next step in theprogression,” says Troy Heard, director of The Who’s TOMMY in Concert, openingin August at Green Valley Ranch. “We kept the narrative through line developedfor the Broadway production, while stripping away the theatrical elements andtaking it all back down into a rock concert form. The storytelling is stillkey, though, and there’s enough here to excite both rock lovers and theatregoers without alienating either.”

The cast is made up ofpopular local rockers and theatre performers from around the valley. JasonAndino, Sandra Huntsman, Brandon Nix, and Francesca Camus head an absolutelystacked cast.

The Who’s TOMMY in Concert,produced by RagTag Entertainment opens Tuesday, August 9, at the Ovation Roomin Green Valley Ranch. Tickets are $15, and available at all Station casinolocations, or online at www.stationcasinos.com.